won’t go to the other one. Do you have your logo? I checked into this awhile ago in my more illusion/delusion days. LOL! Since you are doing a more rugged western style I’m thinking a real branding iron…LOL! but they do have electric. heating elements.

I’d go with the branding iron. Several years ago when our daughter was young I helped her make a sliding top box for her Mom. She decorated the outside with felt pens before we finished it with polyurethane and it looked great. Fast forward a few years and some of the lettering in certain colors completely disappeared just leaving blank spaces. Can’t happen with a branding iron.Mike

I use a self inking stamp on the unfinished bottom of my projects. Put a lot of info on the items than just a mark or name. I include my name, phone number, website and my tag line on each piece. I want people to be able to contact me for another purchase , refer a friend or make a repair. Not to mention speed. The stamp is always ready as it doesn’t have to heat up. The stamp doesn’t cool off so production can keep going.

Most important feature is the amount of info for the customer to contact me later with. No card to hang onto, just look on the bottom of the piece.

Branding is better than of ink stamp.. this will give you a unique and relatively legitimate company brand. When deciding of product or brand names, I suggest that you use some naming generator tool or check some business start up tips for product naming that are available online. Check eatmywords.com articles found at Amazon, this will help you to your branding needs. I have used it too.

Like Puzzleman says. Pragmatically, a stamp is almost as nice,cheaper, easier to use and if you run the numbers on peoplewho call you vs. the time invested in making the mark, perhapsa more prudent choice.

A clear label may be almost as effective in most products,but not cutting boards.

A business card can be glued to the underside of a casepiece. I had a 100 year old vanity with some sort of intactpaper document glued into it somewhere that wasstill legible. It was in German.